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sports A45
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 guardian.co.tt
Pollard
wants big
final effort
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados ---Barba-
dos captain Kieron Pollard wants a
huge final push from his side ahead
of their home leg starting here next
week, as they seek to turn the page
on a spell of ordinary form and book
their place in the final four of the
Caribbean Premier League.
Tridents won their opener against
reigning champions, Jamaica Tallawahs,
on August 5 but since then have managed
just one win in five outings, to be fourth
in the six-team standings on four points.
Significantly, they have lost their last
three games to Trinbago Knight Riders,
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Guyana
Amazon Warriors, and Pollard said it was
critical Tridents made the most of their
final four games at Kensington Oval.
"Obviously we want to finish in the top
four because the main thing is qualify-
ing for the playoffs," Pollard told a media
scrum on the team's arrival here Monday.
"There are different scenarios if you
finish in the top two [but] it might be a
hard reach for us now, so we have to get
a couple wins under our belt. There's no
secret about that so let's see if we can
muster that first.
"In playoffs and knockout cricket, it's
who plays better on the day so again, it's
about scrapping now and getting in and
staying in that top four."
Tridents crashed to a disappointing
loss on Sunday night, going down to
Amazon Warriors by four wickets at
the Guyana National Stadium.
The defeat came despite a superb 69-
ball hundred from opener Dwayne Smith
and left Tridents only ahead of the fifth
placed Amazon Warriors on net run rate.
With the winless St Lucia Stars hav-
ing no hope of advancing, Tridents and
Amazon Warriors will now scrap for what
could possibly be the final playoff spot.
Pollard, who has been in enterprising
all-round form, said it was important
everyone pulled their weight and also
used the next few days to reflect and
re-focus.
"We have to keep believing. Yes per-
formances have been there but some-
times individual performances alone
doesn't help. You want all the guys
performing," he pointed out.
"You rather make 30 and win a game
than how Smitty (Dwayne Smith) scored
a hundred and we lost. He's disappointed
that we actually lost the game because he
batted superbly well but again, we have
todigdeepasteam...andwehavetobe
desperate.
"We have enough time where we can
go, we can relax, we can sit back and
look at the areas, talk to guys individ-
ually, come up with some better plans
and most of all try to execute."
Tridents face Amazon Warriors in
their opening home game at Kensing-
ton Oval on August 29 at 6 pm, before
clashing with Stars two days later in an
8 pm encounter.
On September 2, the Tridents take on
archrivals Trinbago Knight Riders in a 9
pm game before wrapping up their pre-
liminary campaign against Chris Gayle's
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots the following
day at 6 pm. (CMC)
Barbados Tridents captain, Kieron Pollard speaks to reporters at Grantley Adams International Airport
following the team's arrival on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY BARBADOS TRIDENTS
Tridents chase playoff spot